From the start
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Your own ingredients. From a sunny windowsill to a little patch of garden, good things start with something green.
Find your growing stage
Small spaces. Big pickle plans.
From seed to jar.
Just starting, tending your plants or ready to pick? Find your next step.
Diseases & plant problemsCompare the pictures, check the signs and find your next step.Harvest guides
All stages
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Cucumbers turning yellow: overripe fruit or a failed start?
A large cucumber that changed from green and a tiny yellow fruit below a flower need different checks. Start with size, variety and when the colour changed.
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Grow dill for pickling: leaves, heads and seeds
Decide which part of the dill your recipe needs, then grow for that harvest. A pot of leaves and a crop of mature seed follow different plans.
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Why cucumbers taste bitter, and what to do with the crop
Separate the cucumber on the chopping board from the growing problem outside. Unusual bitterness changes what you use today; moisture and variety choices affect later fruit.
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Grow pickling cucumbers in pots: give one plant a proper home
Start with one roomy pot, a sunny position and a watering routine you can keep. The useful decisions happen before the cucumber vine takes over.
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When to harvest pickling cucumbers
Pick firm cucumbers at the size your variety and recipe need. Learn the cutting sequence, how to handle a small harvest and when to put it in the fridge.